Daming Junior Scholar

What is this place?

Before Sima Yuan could ask, He Jia'an explained with a smile: "This is the place where my wife used to teach the piano. Since she married into the house, this place has been vacant. It is usually very quiet. Please come inside."

While speaking, the door was pulled open from the inside, and it was Tang Lin whom Sima Yuan had mentioned just now who opened the door. He glanced behind Sima Yuan expectantly, and found that when he didn't see Xiangli, the expression on his face The expression quickly collapsed.Seeing Tang Lin's indifferent look, Sima Yuan just laughed, and walked inside and said: "It seems that I am not as popular as Xiangli."

Chapter 625 High Yield Crops

Since Xiao Yu'er and He Jiaan returned to the Chen family, Xiao Yuxuan was vacant. During the Chinese New Year, there was nothing to do. Xiao Yuer begged Tang Ning to remodel Xiaoyuxuan, turning it into a summer resort. A good place to cool off, so this time

He Jiaan planned to surprise Sima Yuan, so he deliberately chose this place to eat.Seen from the outside, this house is not very eye-catching, but once inside, Sima Yuan immediately felt the difference here, every plant, every tree, every brick and every tile, all revealed the designer's good intentions, Tang Lin leads the two

Sitting down on the second floor of the bamboo building, watching the sunlight reflecting on the surface of the pond in the courtyard, and feeling the cool breeze blowing in, Sima Yuan fell in love with it immediately.

"Mr. He is really a wonderful person. He could think of opening such a quiet room in a busy city. It is really different." Just this big house alone has given him a feeling of being different. Looking forward to the breakfast, He Jiaan smiled, and slapped twice out of thin air, and then there were footsteps downstairs, and after a while,

A servant girl came up with a plate of food, took out the small plates one by one, and placed them on the table.It's not that Sima Yuan is bragging. Although the dishes in this small dish are exquisite enough, Sima Yuan, who is already used to eating in the north, is a little uncomfortable. Looking at these small dishes, he couldn't help laughing: "Mr. He is too stingy. more, that's all

How can something be eaten? "

"Master Sima misunderstood, these are just a few appetizers, you try it, these are freshly made bean sprouts, the most refreshing, you try it."

Bean sprouts?

When he was in Beijing, Sima Yuan had heard of it, but he had never eaten it. Now that he finally saw the legendary bean sprouts, he had to try it himself.Picked some up with chopsticks and put it in his mouth. After chewing for a while, Sima Yuan showed an unbelievable expression on his face. This expression did not mean how surprised he was by the bean sprouts. but crisp

After eating some, what surprised him was the mild spicy taste in the bean sprouts.

This spicy taste does not come from the cornel that I eat, it is more spicy than cornel, but in my memory, there seems to be no such thing in this world. Could it be that some new species has been introduced into the south of the Yangtze River? no?

After watching Sima Yuan taste the bean sprouts, He Jiaan put another dish in front of Sima Yuan, and said with a smile: "Master Sima, try this again, this is water shield soup made from water shield picked from Taihu Lake With such a small bowl, Sima Yuan might be able to drink the contents in one gulp. Although he felt that the people from Jiangnan were really stingy, since he came here, he had to do as the Romans did. Sima Yuan took the spoon lightly scooped up

The spoon was slowly brought into the mouth. After tasting it for a while, the expression on his face was stunned, and then he scooped up another spoon...

Not long after, a small bowl of soup had bottomed out, and it wasn't until then that Sima Yuan said with emotion: "Mr. I'm afraid I can get a banquet if I get the big house." This sentence is undoubtedly the biggest compliment to He Jiaan, He Jiaan smiled and said: "Master Sima doesn't know, he doesn't have too many hobbies on weekdays. One is playing the piano. The second is to cook. Whenever I see my family members eating the dishes I cook, they are satisfied.

I am happier than eating honey, but what I am talking about is different, but it is not the appetizers, and the main food is next. "

He Jiaan clapped his hands again, and there was another sound of footsteps on the stairs, and then Sima Yuan saw that it was the same maid from just now, but this time there were only two bowls and one plate in the food tray.

Seeing the yellow bowl of soup in front of him, and those two strange things, Sima Yuan was speechless, and couldn't help laughing: "Is this what Mr. He prepared for me to be different?"

Facing Sima Yuan's teasing, He Jia'an just smiled, but unexpectedly nodded and said: "My lord is right, this is the unique food that I prepared for you." In Sima Yuan's mind, these few days Compared with the bean sprouts just now, I looked at the yellow and sticky porridge curiously, then looked at the two items on the plate, shook my head with a wry smile and said: "It seems that I can't recognize it. ,still

Taste it first. "

The spoon turned over in the bowl, and Sima Yuan also saw the contents clearly. It should be made of the cylinder-shaped thing on the table. Carefully scooped up a spoonful and put it in his mouth. The taste...is just average. .

Sima Yuan was afraid that he would be laughed at again, so he deliberately tasted a few more mouthfuls, picked up the food on the table and ate a few more mouthfuls, the feeling in his heart was sure, and asked a little strangely: "Mr. What is it called?"

He Jiaan introduced: "The yellow ones are called corn, and the red-skinned and yellow-hearted ones are called 'sweet potatoes'." Blinking his eyes, Sima Yuan had indeed never heard of these two things. Compared with water shield and even other small dishes on the table, the taste of these two dishes is really lacking, and Sima Yuan

Shaking his head, when he was a little disapproving, He Jiaan suddenly said: "Although the taste of these two things is not as good as these, does Master Sima know the production of these two kinds of food?"

Yield?Speaking of this, Sima Yuan looked confused. You must know that he has been working in the Ministry of Punishment since he entered the officialdom. If you ask how many articles of the Great Ming Law are there, you will be able to explain clearly, but if you ask about people's livelihood things come

, Sima Yuan's eyes were really dark.Seeing He Jiaan's serious look, Sima Yuan's heart was also moved. Now it is not the same as before. The former self was just an official of the Ministry of Punishment, but now he is really a parent official. If he can't make some achievements

If so, how can he continue to be promoted in the future?

Thinking of this, the expression on Sima Yuan's face suddenly became more sincere, and he asked seriously: "I really don't know, please ask Mr. He to explain."

"The climate in the south of the Yangtze River is mild, the rainfall is abundant, and the sunshine time is relatively long. Generally speaking, two crops can be achieved in a year. On average, each mu can produce one stone and three buckets of wheat, and two stones and six buckets of rice, or more or less. Not much difference."

After a pause, He Jiaan glanced at Sima Yuan who was listening to him carefully, and continued: "But if we plant corn and sweet potatoes instead, the yield of corn will be about ten shi." "Ten shi?" Hearing this number , Sima Yuan was almost frightened and jumped up from his chair. You must know that the production of grain is very important to him. This is a matter linked to his own achievements.

The taste of corn is not as good as the polished rice I usually eat, but if the yield per mu can reach such a high level, how many people can it feed?

If this matter is true, then wouldn't it be a matter of infinite merit.

But... Sima Yuan calmed down again in an instant. After all, he had never heard of such a high-yield crop before, and he was still a little worried whether what He Jiaan said was bragging. At this moment, He Jiaan suddenly smiled. He casually picked up a piece of sweet potato and broke it open, and said with a smile, "My lord may not know that if every acre of land is planted with sweet potatoes, the yield can almost be doubled."

Chapter 626

For Sima Yuan, the temptation of the yield of ten or even twenty shi per mu is definitely more exciting than solving a major case. After all, if he wants to survive in this survival-oriented society, food is absolutely obsolete. not open a topic, and

Throughout the dynasties, peasant uprisings were mostly caused by lack of food. If these two things of He Jiaan were really so powerful, wouldn't it mean that they solved the most troublesome thing for all the ruling classes?

If I hand over these two things to the imperial court...

Even Sima Yuan couldn't guess such consequences, but before doing those things, he had to make sure of one thing, whether the corn and sweet potatoes were as magical as He Jiaan said. "Have you ever practiced the number that Mr. He just said?" Sima Yuan did not blindly believe He Jiaan's words. After all, what he told himself and what he told the emperor were two different situations. Trouble

However, the latter... that would kill him.He Jiaan nodded, and then said apologetically: "To be honest, I entrusted a Frenchman to bring back the seeds of these foods from far away Europe, and the number of seeds is not very large. After cultivation, the remaining

There are not many seeds planted. If it is a small area, it can be planted. If it is a large area, it may take a year or two to wait. "If these seeds are really as miraculous as He Jiaan said, let alone one or two years, even three or five years, I can afford to wait. Thinking of this, Sima Yuan looked at the corn and sweet potatoes again, and he couldn't help but wait." Holding up the porridge bowl, while thinking about things, he drank the corn porridge in the bowl. Although this kind of porridge tasted a little worse than the rice porridge he usually drank, it was not so unpalatable In addition, if people are hungry, how can they

It doesn't matter whether it tastes good or not, as long as it can fill your stomach.

After calming down for a while, Sima Yuan decided that this matter should not be rushed. After all, when he just arrived in Qingjiangpu and his eyes were dark, he had to see the yield of these two crops in person before thinking about other things.After eating another piece of sweet potato, Sima Yuan felt a little full in his stomach, and asked curiously, "When will the corn and sweet potato be planted in the field? If it is convenient, can Mr. He Take me to have a look?

"

"That's easy." He Jia'an nodded, and continued: "In a few days, when the corn and sweet potatoes are planted in the ground, my lord can come with me just to have a look, but I think you can use this a little thing."

"Oh? How do you say that?" Sima Yuan asked a little puzzled.He Jiaan coughed lightly, and said what he had already thought about: "Although Jiangnan is a land of plenty, but in recent years, due to the development of major workshops, the number of workers required has also doubled. Attracted by the high salary, they came to the city one after another. Although this stimulated the commercial development of the city, it also caused the problem of no one to cultivate the land in the countryside. This phenomenon will only become more prominent as time goes by.

There will only be fewer and fewer people. "What He Jiaan said was something that Sima Yuan had never heard of, nor was he aware of. In his mind, the Ming Dynasty lacked everything, that is, there was no shortage of farmers who cultivated the land. But when He Jiaan said this today, he felt suddenly realized

All the things I took for granted before have been overthrown, and now there are no people in the land in the south of the Yangtze River. "What Mr. He said is somewhat reasonable, but is there any way you can change this situation?" I definitely can't change it, even if I can change it, I have to understand the situation here first, and I can't. I know I can push it to a monkey

Nianmayue, the fastest way now is to let He Jiaan think of a way for himself, and then ask those squires, if possible, implement it immediately, which is also his own merit.

"It's very simple to put it bluntly." He Jiaan continued with a smile and said, "It's just to let everyone know that if they earn more money from farming than working in the city, they will naturally return to the fields obediently."

This word went around and then turned back. How can farming earn more money than working?It is definitely not possible to use the previous method, so the only way to do it is to grow He Jiaan's corn and sweet potatoes.

Sima Yuan thought about it silently in his heart, nodded slowly and asked, "Then according to Mr. He's words, what should I do next?"

...It is said that there are three fires for a new official to take office, but Sima Yuan has not intended to light the three fires for a long time. , which increases his

They have a lot of suspicions, and there are rumors that the newly appointed Lord Sima has gotten very close to He Jiaan in recent days.After hearing the news, Su Yuan was the one who was most nervous. Ever since Chen Xuan was captured by Sima Yuan in the capital, he felt like an ant on a hot pot, even though the imperial examination fraud case had nothing to do with him. It doesn't matter too much, but Chen Xuan is his umbrella in Qingjiangpu. It doesn't matter if he falls. He gave a big gift to himself, but even though the county magistrate took office, he never sent out this big gift. Now that he heard that the new county magistrate was actually close to He Jiaan, he couldn't help but think of his daughter taking away the Jinghu Villa For one thing, in case He Jiaan bears a grudge, in that Sima

Say a few bad words in front of adults, isn't he about to be unlucky?

The more he thought about it, the more Su Yuan couldn't sit still, so he simply came to Su Hongxiu's embroidery building, just as Su Hongxiu was trimming his eyebrows, he sighed and said, "My dear daughter, what time is this, why are you still sitting down?" How can it be so stable?"

Su Hongxiu put down the knife in his hand, turned his head to look at Su Yuan, and asked in puzzlement, "Father, what's wrong with you? Could it be that the house was burglarized?"

"It would be fine if we just got thieves." Su Yuan responded angrily, and then said: "I'm afraid our Su family is about to suffer a catastrophe."